servo speed for loop

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This is a for loop used in an example:

void loop() 
{ 
  for(pos = 0; pos < 180; pos += 1)  // goes from 0 degrees to 180 degrees 
  {                                  // in steps of 1 degree 
    myservo.write(pos);              // tell servo to go to position in variable 'pos' 
    delay(15);

This is not my code. I tried it and it makes the servo move really really slow. Now my question is, how do I use this for loop, and make the servo move at a more reasonable, but slow pace? Is it a question of increasing the degrees?, delay?

I would normally experiment, but my current project will not allow it, I cant afford to destroy a servo at this time. Any insight would help.

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Increase the degree steps and/or decrease the delay. If you want to be careful with the servo, make the low position 20 and the high position 60 to avoid hitting the servo internal stop tab.

3

Thank you Zoomkat

4

Actually, I have another question. Is t possible, since I have multiple servos going in different directions, degrees, angles, etc. Is it possible to change the speed to all servos, or do I need to FOR loop each servo, and every motion they make???

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Instead of using a delay to slow the servo rotation speed, you may need to adapt a millis timing scheme similar to the "blink without delay" setup.